In the next two days, bad news kept coming, and more than 30,000 Hulu troops under the leadership of the slave chieftain Taiji successively captured Yizhou and Dingzhou in the north. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The northern border army just cowered in the walled city they guarded and watched the Hulu army show off their might and roll south, as for going out of the city to meet the enemy, forget it, they haven't lived enough.

On this day, the Joseon monarchs and ministers once again gathered at Changdeokgung Palace to discuss countermeasures.

"Li Qing, how is the military situation in the north at the moment?" Now he is only in his forties, but Li Liang's beard has begun to turn gray, and North Korea is in internal disorder at this time, and there are Hu Lu abusing him outside, and Li Liang is under great pressure.

"Back to the king, a letter has just come that Anzhou Assassin Shi and the government have surrendered without a fight." Bing Cao's judgment Li Shengqiu said stubbornly, his position is destined to have to be reported by him recently, and it is also a fatal errand.

Bang, Li Qi slammed the table case, "A person who has no king and no father, who reads the book of sages in vain, and surrenders without a fight, is really a good dog." ”

Li Liang's eyes widened with anger, and the skin and flesh on his face twitched, obviously angry.

Li Shengqiu's forehead was full of cold sweat, and his Bing Cao judgment was now the most tricky position.

The other ministers were also silent, after all, the war in the north was too erosive, according to the idea of their monarchs and ministers, they invested hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to strengthen the northern city garrison for several years, how could they resist Hu Lu for a month and a half months, and as a result, Hu Lu had already passed Dingzhou in a few days and drove directly to Pyongyang.

According to this trend, whether it will be possible to reach the city of Hanyang in another ten days, it is simply impossible to imagine how weak the northern border army is.

"Lord Lee, how far are the troops in Jeolla Province and other places from Hanyang, and now the defenders of Hanyang are only more than 6,000 people, which is really insufficient." Jin Liu asked anxiously.

"Ugh. This," Li Shengqiu said with a painful expression, "Jiannu are all cavalry, and they are moving south extremely fast, and there are almost no cavalry troops in the southern reinforcements such as Gyeongsang-do and Jeolla Province, of course, the speed is very slow. ”

"Didn't you issue the Qinwang Order a long time ago?" Left leader Hong Ruifeng said. He was also in a hurry.

"Lord Hong, you haven't led the army, King Qin's order arrives in more than a day, and the assassins mobilize grain and grass, and it will take two days to mobilize the army, and now it is estimated that it is just going north."

Li Shengqiu said in his heart, it would be good if these reinforcements could go out of the city, but if they couldn't get it, they were still grinding, of course, in the face of the anxious king, he couldn't say so. Wouldn't that add fuel to the fire?

"Can we only wait here," Li Hongxuan, the right leader, glared at the verdicts below.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that in order to prevent accidents, it is better to transfer the concubine and the princes to Ganghwa Island to avoid trouble." Cui Mingji bowed and said.

As soon as these words came out, the palace was silent, and when Cui Mingji said this, he said that he was extremely optimistic about being able to defend the capital of Hanyang, and he didn't even propose to move the concubine and prince to Namhansanseong, the refuge of the Wang family.

That was the place where the Li Dynasty had always avoided the great enemy, and the mountain city built more than ten miles around the city according to the mountain was more than three feet high. It is extremely majestic, and it can be described as a fortified city. It has always been the last refuge of the Li family, and has also helped the Li family escape several catastrophes.

But Choi Myung-gil's advice shows that he has little confidence in holding the mountain fortress of Namhan.

Li Shengqiu opened his mouth to retort, but as the official with the best knowledge of the military situation here, he could not predict whether the large reinforcements would arrive in Hanyang before the arrival of Hulu's army.

If there were no large reinforcements, even if these 6,000 troops were concentrated in Namhansanseong, it would be barely enough to fill the walls of Sanseong. Once Hu Lu attacked the city, the soldiers had lost and did not replace the soldiers at all, how to defend the city.

Seeing that almost all the ministers did not refute, Li Qi said with difficulty, "That's so." Only..... ”

As soon as Li Liang said this, a eunuch outside walked into the main hall in a panic and bowed, and he brought a shocking news.

"What are you talking about, the reinforcements of the Ming and Ming people have arrived in the West Sea." Li Kun's words were trembling, his hair was shaking, and his eyes were tightly looking at the eunuch kneeling on the ground.

"This is the Western Sea Division's temperance envoy sent someone to Tongbing, and the Ming reinforcements are thousands of warships and more than 100 warships are now waiting for the king's will in the Western Sea, saying that it is the Ming Denglai reinforcements, and their commander is surnamed Zhao."

The eunuch hurriedly reported it, and he knew what the good news meant to the king.

"Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king, the Ming Kingdom finally sent troops to help me fight against the Hulu."

Kim Sang-hun literally rose to his feet, his face was full of excitement, and even tears welled up in his eyes, and the great power he expected from the state did not give up on North Korea.

Others looked at Li Shengqiu intentionally or unintentionally, without him, it was Li Shengqiu who said that Daming is now powerless to take care of him, so this time Daming reinforcements fell from the sky and reminded everyone of his original assertion.

Li Shengqiu's face was hot and embarrassing, you must know that when he said it, he didn't leave any room, and he sneered at Jin Shangxian, but in just three days, the Ming reinforcements arrived, which was simply humiliating him in public, especially in front of the king, which made him embarrassed.

Well, no, it can't be.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this matter is quite strange, my North Korea learned that it has only been a few days since Hu Lu entered the Kou, and the Ming reinforcements have arrived in the West Sea, this, too fast, this is absolutely impossible, is it not Hu Lu's Han army pretending."

Li Shengqiu was in a hurry to speak his question.

Li Shengqiu's question is in a hurry, but it is not completely unreasonable, indeed, North Korea only learned about the invasion of Hulu three or four days ago, and as a result, Ming reinforcements arrived at this time, which is indeed a bit incredible.

"What Li Shengqiu said is not unreasonable, and this matter must be considered in the long run." Jin Liu also hesitated.

Li Liang also didn't pay attention, he couldn't make a decision for a long time, whether to let this Ming army land on the shore.

Wangcheng is in danger, continue to help the army, to be honest, he doesn't think that with thousands of people can protect Wangcheng worry-free, if it is really Daming Denglai reinforcements, then needless to say, it will definitely greatly enhance the grasp of defending the city, and it can even be said that Wangcheng has a great certainty that it can be defended.

However, if this Ming army is really pretending to be Hu Lu, it is simply like offering the city to Hu Lu and luring wolves into the house.

"It's impossible, where did Hu Lu get so many warships, it's impossible." Although Kim Sang-hun did not lead the army to fight, Hu Lu was superb in cavalry and archery, and he was notoriously bad at water warfare.

"Not really, after all, Hu Lu has captured a lot of sailors of the Ming army, but it's not that he can't make up these sailors." Li Shengqiu interjected.

Everyone was silent, this possibility is really there, who dares to say yes.

"King, now the battle situation is critical, the minister is willing to go to check in person, if it is really the Ming army to help, the minister will lead to the royal city, and the crisis of the royal city can also be solved."

Kim Sang-hun gritted his teeth and bowed,

"If Hu Lu is fake, please also ask the king to take care of the minister's family."

Hearing this, Li Liang looked at the sky with tears in his eyes, although he said that he had some doubts about Jin Shangxian's always stubborn pro-Ming, but Ban Dang knew the loyal ministers, at this moment, it turned out to be Jin Shangxian, who he despised the most among these important ministers and old ministers, stepped forward, how could he not let him feel a lot of emotion.

You must know that with Kim Sang-hun's personality, if the other party is really a Hulu, Kim Sang-heon will definitely go by himself, and he will never live in the world.

"Jin Qing rest assured, if you have three long and two short, your little king will take care of it for life." Li Liang took a few steps forward to help Jin Shangxian, "It's just that if it's really Hu Lu, Jin Qing can temporarily put aside the false snake, and this king will send someone to rescue him." ”

"The king, the minister's departure from the city means that the king is going, how can he let the bloodthirsty and cruel Hu Lu insult and live in the world, the minister has made up his mind, and he will never let the king be ashamed."

Kim Sang-hun raised his gray head and said loudly.

"Okay, it's hard for the country to know loyal ministers, okay." Li Qi laughed and said, he was also very satisfied with the appearance of Jin Shangxian, an old minister and loyal minister, in this crisis, which showed that he was still quite popular with the Li family.

This time the court discussion is here, it is useless to say too much, at this time it depends on whether the reinforcements are Ming reinforcements, if it is Ming reinforcements, then Wangcheng will be guaranteed.

And it seems extremely unrealistic to expect reinforcements from other places to be as fast as turtles.

Despite his age of more than 60 years, Kim Sang-hun immediately went to the naval camp in Incheon on the west coast under the escort of 100 people sent by the Wangcheng Guard.

At this time, it was the middle of winter, and most of the Han River had been frozen, and the sea ships could no longer go up the Han River to Hanyang, so they had to travel 70 miles west to reach the West Sea to find out.

Along the way, Kim Sang-hun was quick to whip his 60-year-old body, and arrived at the Incheon Navy Camp at the end of the second day.

Arrived at the camp of the West Sea Division in Incheon, Jianghua Bay, West Sea, and Lu Yuanji hurriedly greeted him.

Lu Yuanji welcomed Kim Sang-hun into the camp of the sailor, and immediately led Kim Shangxian to the dock to visit the envoy of the Ming army.

When Kim Sang-hun and his entourage came to the dock of the military port, two huge and strange sea ships stood out against the low backdrop, and the four tall mainmasts seemed to reach into the sky.

On the main mast, the banner of the Ming Dynasty fluttered high, and the general soldier of Denglai and Zhao.

Looking at these two huge warships, Jin Shangxian's heart calmed down, he never believed that Hu Lu could have such a majestic sea ship, if there were, Hu Lu had already swept across the Ming Dongjiang River, why would he ask North Korea for a naval warship, this would not be Hu Lu's warship.

The attendant shouted loudly, and Lord Kim came to meet Lord Zhao, the chief soldier of Daming Denglai.

The Ming soldiers in full armor on it led them to the deck, only to see a thin Ming army general in strange armor smiling and waiting there. (To be continued.) )